English Photo Journey through Hokkaido HOKKAIDO NEXCO EAST publishes images of beautiful scenery changing colors in each of the four seasons,vast nature scenes in which you can feel the spirit of the earth, DRIVE GUIDE urban scenes with beautiful decorative lighting,and other photos that make you feel as though you are traveling across Hokkaido. Please enjoy the journey. 2021 Access the website here https://www.driveplaza.com/trip/area/hokkaido/event/traveling.html 2021 Approximate distance Wakkanai Airport Wakkanai Map Key and time between 206km Distance Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park (3h30m) (Approx. time) major Hokkaido cities DO-O EXPWY Toyotomi-kita *Time spent The expressways Rishiri Airport Monbetsu SASSON EXPWY/SHIRIBESHI EXPWY using expressways Toyotomi-Horoka 108km DOTO EXPWY Lake Kutcharo 245km (2h) HIDAKA EXPWY Toyotomi-Sarobetsu (4h) Abashiri of Hokkaido 13 329km FUKAGAWA-RUMOI EXPWY (5h) 75km (1h20m) Hokkaido Development Bureau Management Zone (Free) 45km Sapporo Area Only entry allowed in the indicated direction Horonobe JR Track (1h) Shiretoko Only exit allowed in the indicated direction 166km Utoro (2h50m) Sapporo-kita Moerenuma Park 137km Asahikawa Kitami Shinkawa Fushiko Otaru 39km (2h) Interchange (50m) Sapporo 172km Sapporo-nishi 58km 69km (2h50m) Half-Interchange Kariki 113km (1h20m) (1h20m) Only entry allowed in the indicated direction 52km (2h) 169km Only exit allowed in the indicated direction (50m) (3h) Junction Hokkaido University 111km Furano Lake Akan Nemuro Sapporo JCT New Chitose Location where two highways connect. Sapporo (2h10m) Airport Kotoni Station Sapporo Beer Garden There is no entry/exit here. Sapporo Station 159km 119km 71km 114km 23km SA / PA with commercial facilities (rest areas) Sapporo Clock Tower (2h10m) (2h) (1h30m) (2h) Former Hokkaido Government Office (35m) SA / PA without commercial facilities (rest areas) Odori Park Sapporo TV Tower Kitago Maruyama Park Ganso Sapporo Bifuka-kita Lake Toya Tomakomai 177km Obihiro 122km Kushiro SA = Service Area 40km (2h50m) (2h) Ramen Yokocho Shiroishi Station Bifuka 72km PA = Parking Area (40m) Chiebun Muroran (1h10m) 161km Oyachi Shin-Sapporo Station Chiebun-minami SA / PA (rest area) symbols (2h20m) Lake Shumarinai Nayoro-kita Nayoro Sapporo Bankei Ski Area Hakodate Information Food court Sapporo-minami Highway information terminal Mt. Moiwa Observatory Sapporo Dome Okhotsk Monbetsu Shopping area Airport (Highway information corner) 11 Shibetsu-Kenbuchi Accessible toilet Baby-care room Sapporo Hitsujigaoka Observation Hill Lake Saroma Wheelchair lending Vending machines Wassamu (No charge) Pippu JCT Shiretoko National Park Engaru-Setose Wi-Fi Filling station P6 Tokachigawa Hot Springs Rumoi Pippu-kita 14 Lake Notoro ❶ 16 P11 Blue Pond Maruseppu Engaru Rumoi-Owada Hokuryuhimawari Aibetsu P6 Noboribetsu Hot Springs Numata Pedestrian entrance ❷ 17 P11 Otaru Canal Rumoi-Horonuka Chippubetsu Asahikawa- Aizan-Kamikawa Lake Abashiri Memanbetsu Airport ❼ Takasu Shirataki ❾ P6 Sounkyo Hot Springs P11 Sapporo Clock Tower Fukagawa- ❸ 18 nishi Asahikawa-kita Ukishima Kamikawa- Kitami-higashi Memanbetsu Airport ❹ P7 Lake Akan Ainu Theater <Ikor> 19 P11 Mount Hakodate 20 Sounkyo Okushirataki Bihoro Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Station 12 Asahikawa Airport Kitami-nishi Kitami-Kawahigashi P7 Nibutani Ainu Culture Museum P12 Asahiyama Zoo Fukagawa ❸ ❺ 20 Kunneppu Kitami-chuo Fukagawa JCT ❻ P8 Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park P12 Icebreaker Garinko Kitami-Kitagami Takikawa Daisetsuzan Michi-no-Eki (Roadside Rest Areas) P9 Shiretoko Peninsula Cruising ❼ P12 Shiretoko National Park Restrooms restaurants, wi-fi, etc. available. 16 Rikubetsu-Shotoshibetsu Lake Kussharo ❽ P9 Tsurui-Ito Tancho Crane Sanctuary P12 Jewelry Ice Naie-Sunagawa Lake Mashu P9 Ryu-hyo Bird Watching Asari ❾ 10 Lake Nukabira Lake Akan Nemuro Nakashibetsu Airport Bibai P10 Farm Tomita Otaru Zenibako Sapporo *Quick chargers are available 10 Ebetsu-nishi at Sunagawa Highway Oasis. ❹ Sapporo-nishi Akan-Mashu National Park P10 Shibazakura Takinoue Park Yoichi 17 Sapporo Mikasa Lake Shikaribetsu 11 Okadama Otaru-Shioya Teine Airport Ebetsu-higashi P10 Himawari no Sato (Sunower eld) Iwamizawa 12 Otaru JCT Ashoro Hombetsu 13 P10 Sarobetsu Primeval Flower Garden 18 ❽ Kushiro-Shitsugen Nemuro Kanayama Lake National Park E44 Ocial Sapporo JCT 15 Sapporo-minami Onneto P10 Taiyo-no-Oka Engaru Park Lake Kuttari Obihiro JCT partner of 14 Kitahiroshima Chitose-higashi Shoro Tomamu Otofuke- Urahoro national parks P10 Odori Park Obihiro Shiranuka Akan Kushiro-higashi 15 Oiwakecho Yubari Memuro Eniwa Shimukappu Hombetsu JCT Tancho Through an ocial partnership on Japan's national parks Kushiro Lake Akkeshi with the Ministry of the Environment, East Nippon Tokachi-Shimizu Ikeda Airport Kushiro-Beppo Kuromatsunai ❶ Expressway Company is working via its freeway business to Kuromatsunai- Lake Chitose Memuro-Obihiro Kushiro-nishi E44 Shikotsu Mukawa- deepen understanding of environmental conservation in Kuromatsunai JCT minami New Chitose Airport New Chitose Chitose-Eniwa JCT Hobetsu Obihiro-Kawanishi national parks, to expand tourist demand and to stimulate Airport Kushiro-chuo Toyoura local economies. Numanohata-higashi Shikotsu-Toya National Park Kofuku Lake Toya Tokachi Obihiro Airport Oshamanbe Shiraoi Tomakomai- Atsuma Obihiro Area Asahikawa - Furano Area Asahikawa-kita higashi Nakasatsunai Abuta-Toyako Noboribetsu- Mukawa❺ higashi Tomakomai-chuo Hombetsu JCT Asahikawa-Takasu Nagayama Kunnui Date ❻ Hombetsu Station Tomakomai-nishi Hidakatomikawa Sarabetsu Numata Tomato-chuo ❷ Hidakamombetsu Chippubetsu Churui Asahikawa Muroran Numanohata-nishi Fukagawa Station Hidakaatsuga Churui-Taiki Fukagawa-nishi Fukagawa Asahiyama Zoo Yakumo Otofuke Station Fukagawa Otofuke-Obihiro Asahikawa Obihiro JCT Ikeda Airport Otoshibe Noboribetsu-Muroran Fukagawa JCT Obihiro Memuro Tokachigawa Onsen Okushiri Airport Memuro- Obihiro Makubetsu Obihiro Station Kita no Yatai Stalls Ikeda Biei Mori Hakodate Area Akabira Hakodate Memuro Station Satsunai Station Ikeda Station Takikawa Biei Station Station Onumakoen Memuro Banei Tokachi Makubetsu Station Takikawa Hokutochuo Hokutooiwake Akagawa Obihiro Race Track Ashibetsu Utashinai Nanae-Fujishiro Blue Pond Nanae-Honcho Wine Castle Sunagawa Hokutooiwake Nanae-Okawa Obihiro-Kawanishi Sunagawa Station Hiyoshi Hakodate Hokutotomigawa Goryokaku Station Kami-Furano Station Hakodate Naie-Sunagawa Akagawa Farm Tomita Hiyoshi Goryokaku Park Airport Hakodate Goryokaku Tower 19 Airport Trappistine Hakodate Airport Convent Bibai Hokutochuo Yunokawa Onsen Kofuku Station Furano Wine Furano Old Public Hall of Hakodate Station Kofuku Bibai Station Furano Hokutotomigawa Hakodate Ward Hakodate Airport Tokachi Obihiro Airport Bibai Wind Garden Station Hokutomoheji Hakodate Hokutomoheji Trappist Monastery Mount Hakodate 1 HOKKAIDO DRIVE GUIDE HOKKAIDO DRIVE GUIDE 2 Take precautions against COVID-19 and enjoy your trip to Hokkaido. Basic Hokkaido knowledge Check here for more information https://www.mlit.go.jp/kankocho/news08_000332.html Hokkaido's four seasons Spring, fresh green and beautiful owers. Summer, refreshing and comfortable. Autumn, with its bountiful harvests and beautiful colors. And of course, the all-encompassing snowscape of winter. Hokkaido's seasons are sharply distinct from one another, even for Japan. Each season has its own unique and wonderful beauty. Otaru Winter driving memo In a typical year in Hokkaido, snow begins falling in mid-October and there is sometimes still snow on the roads in May. During this season be sure to put snow tires on your car and be extra careful when driving on snowy roads. Kutchan Shimukappu Kamikawa Hokkaido spring Hokkaido summer Hokkaido autumn Hokkaido winter Hokkaido, where cherry blossoms bloom beginning in late April, has the The best time to see such owers as lavender, lilies, sunowers and Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group and Mount Asahi are the rst places in Japan The world-famous Sapporo Snow Festival and other snow- and latest cherry blossom viewing season in Japan. The best time to see such sage in Hokkaido is summer. Summer is the outdoor season when where the leaves begin to change color in the fall. In Hokkaido in autumn, ice-themed events are held throughout Hokkaido. You also have to see blossoms as Yoshino cherry and Sargent's cherry is early to mid May. you can be active and enjoy nature. Examples of summer outdoor not only can you enjoy viewing colorful leaves quite early, but also cosmos the drift ice of the Sea of Okhotsk, scenery unique to the Hokkaido winter. are in full bloom between early September and late October. Autumn is the In addition to cherry blossoms, owers you can see in Hokkaido in spring activities include rafting down a river in a large rubber boat and Hokkaido snow is high-quality by international standards and is season for harvesting various crops from the vast farmlands of Hokkaido, include moss phlox, tulips and lilacs. Lovely wild owers like dogtooth going for a leisurely hike amid beautiful scenery. There are also beer considered ideal for skiing and snowboarding. In addition to classic and during this time of year you can partake of apple and grape picking in violet and Corydalis ambigua also begin to bloom in the elds. gardens held all over Hokkaido, where you can hold a beer in one winter sports, other winter activities such as walking in snowshoes and orchards. Seafood is also in season in the fall, including salmon, the most hand while tasting delicious Hokkaido specialty dishes. famous